Within the context of the mainland Chinese (Shanghai and Shenzhen) and Hong Kong market places, we investigate two of the most important documented calendar anomalies: the 'turn-of-the-month' and Chinese Lunar New Year (CLNY) return effects. Both appear as features of all three markets over the...

Intra-month returns for a liquid pool of small-cap stocks in Hong Kong are analysed over the period January 2000 to June 2005. A strong and persistent 'turn-of-the-month' effect is apparent where returns, measured between the close of trading on the penultimate day of business in a calendar...

This paper appraises the existing approaches used to measure the underpricing of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). The conceptual problems surrounding the measurement of IPO underpricing are noted to be significant and suggest that underpricing costs and returns may need to be evaluated with...

In a fair/efficient market, the ex-adjustment in a rights offering should ensure that trading strategies around this date yield zero returns on average (after netting out market movements and transaction costs). This adjustment is assessed in this paper for one particular market - Hong Kong -...

In this study, the extant literature relating to the link between the ownership structure of Mainland PRC-incorporated enterprises and firm performance, is extended and updated by considering SOEs with substantial 'foreign' (i.e., non-Mainland) ownership. This analysis is carried out for the...

A strong pre-holiday effect is revealed in this study of Hong Kong stock returns. Importantly, the effect does not appear to be modulated by day-of-the-week effects, which themselves are highly volatile and inconsistent across various sub-periods. As documented in earlier studies for the 1970s...